The sea tastes like piss

On 22 October, he travelled with family from Bournemouth to Cornwall after an uncomfortable, nearly four-hour drive. At Bournemouth, he explored waves with his mother, rejected £1.10 pier access and £12.50 balloon tickets, and filmed the deserted coast. The Cornwall hotel felt isolated, old-fashioned, expensive, and claustrophobic; he disliked crowded dining and thin walls before tomorrow’s Eden Project visit.

Exploration remains attractive despite his strong reactions to isolation, discomfort, and unwanted social proximity.